Michael is an IT infrastructure engineer living in London, passionate about family, travel and swimming. A normal guy living an ordinary life but with an extraordinary story soon to unfold. Michael will be the first person to swim across the Atlantic, the world's wildest ocean, linking two iconic capital cities New York and London, an extraordinary swim of 3800 miles.

A super human feat and a world record, Michael will risk his life to raise millions of pounds for Oxfam to help eradicate poverty. A seemingly impossible swim to solve what most regard as an impossible dream. Michael will swim the Atlantic to inspire others around the world to take a stand and play their part.